2024-04-07 21:32:00
With the blue color of Autism, the wine stand – exhibition in Zitsa Community was illuminated on the evening of Tuesday, April 2, on the occasion of the celebration of World Autism Information and Awareness Day.
The Municipality of Zitsa, given that the shelter for Autistic People “Eleni Gyra” has been operating in the Community of Zitsa since 2001, in recent years it has participated in the actions that are organized and have the aim of informing and raising awareness of the local communities about this complex disorder and the steps , which must be done for the smooth integration of individuals on the autism spectrum into society.
So again this year, he responded to the invitation of the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Autistic People and the Boarding School for Autistic People “Eleni Gyra” and illuminated the pavilion-exhibition building in Zitsa in blue.
Deputy Mayor Christina Papadimitriou, on the occasion of the participation of the Municipality of Zitsa in the celebration, underlined: “We consider such initiatives important, as we make an invisible… disability visible… with all that this entails for people with autism and their families. For this reason, as a Municipality, we responded this year with particular pleasure to the invitation of the competent authorities for autism and participated in the established information and awareness actions”.